Tornado 20” Oscillating Pedestal Fan – 5000 CFM, Stand Fan, 3-Speed, 1/6 HP, 6.6 FT, Industrial & Commercial Use, UL Listed

I like a breeze, and white noise from a fan while sleeping. I replaced my old fan with this one and am already impressed.IMPORTANT:One thing to note, based on the diagrams in the manual, the blades are attached with the securing screw on the back side of the fins. If you install it backward (like I did at first), it’s a LOT louder. The rounded edge of the fins should be (unintuitively) pointing counter clockwise, even though they rotate clockwise.This is not a quiet fan. But most fans produce a fair amount of noise if you really want to cool down. And like I mentioned, I like the white noise, and it moves more air on low, than my old one did on high.DETAILS:On low, it moves WAY more air than my old fan did (on high), and is only slightly louder than the old one was (on high). If this fan is turned up to high, you better make sure everything in the room is tied down.My old one was all plastic, this one is all metal. Very good quality. I like that the motor is pretty much enclosed. The old one failed because of too much dust collecting inside it. I got a few more years out of it by oiling it before it completely seized up. I’m sure ultimately the oil attracted more dirt in the long run. I’ll update this review if I find a good way to lubricate the bearings on this one without causing premature wear, or if anything unexpected happens.Out of the box, on low, after fixing the blade direction, it had enough torque to pivot the head upward. Tightening the bolt down on the head pivot solved this issue.This fan looks sharp, and performs better than I had hoped. It’s good to find a quality product in today’s market.

We love this fan. Even though it’s been in the upper 90’s for the past few weeks we have not missed an evening sitting on our deck with this fan blowing. It puts out great air even on low!! We haven’t even turned it on any other speed.Only downside is it is a little loud.However the performance out ways the noise.Highly recommend!

Our a/c is broken. We needed something to see us through the heat wave. I am TIRED of throwing my money away on JUNK fans that don't move air !! I paid 100 for this and it is worth every penny and a bargain compared the crap available in town.It came undamaged in the slightest. My son put it together very quickly with no issues. It doesn't come with a bag of misc nuts and bolts. All hardware is already installed, so you just need to remove it and put it back on.I love that it is all metal. It's pretty heavy, so I don't worry about it getting knocked over. The big motor is a plus and ball bearings, too. My first impression of this was that it is high quality and should last.We have not even used it on high- only low which moves A LOT of air. Tomorrow should be 90 degrees, so I'll likely be trying out the higher settings.We have it in the living room in front of an open window. We can hear the TV which is pretty close to the fan. I doubt the same can be said for higher speeds. I'll find out. Low really isn't all that loud and is a small price to pay for the amount of air it moves.I love this fan and I'm very happy with the quality. I have sent the link around to family and friends. Everyone needs a good fan. My sister needs this to blow the bugs on her carport when she's chilling out there!My only concern about the fan is it doesn't state that the ball bearings or motor need to be oiled or how.

Fan was fairly easy to put together; instructions were just a diagram. No big deal though but I originally put the blades on backwards. I used the fan for a few days and wasn't happy with performance plus it was super loud. I planned to take it back but I said let me reverse the blades. Wow, what a difference, twice the air flow and now half the noise. For those on the other reviews that say it’s too loud, they may have done the same as me. Base is pretty heavy for a reason, if it wasn't, on high setting it might blow it itself backwards. Make sure the screw is on the back side of the blade when installing.

The motor on this thing is FAST no doubt about it. The blades are metal, which is good, but they are LOUD, to the point where it would be intrusive if you wanted to make a call nearby. The base of the motor came defective, in the sense that it always ends up pointing up. There is nothing that secures it from tilting upwards. The motor is mounted on the pedestal and kept together by a single screw that doesn't hold it from coming off if you were to pull the motor up. Adding such flimsy support to such a powerful motor with METAL blades just screams safety hazard. The "instructions" for assembling it is just a diagram and it's missing a couple of steps. Even that they couldn't get right. This is going back in the box and back to Amazon immediately.